Overview
Prestige is the endgame loop beyond the level cap. Once you hit Base Level 255, you can Ascend — reset your climb in exchange for a permanent, escalating reward. Each Prestige stacks, up to Prestige 5.
Talk to any Job Master (in Prontera and most major towns) and choose the Prestige (Ascension) option.
What an Ascension does
When you Prestige, you're reborn as a High Novice — a real rebirth, not just a stat wipe:
| Reset | Kept |
|---|---|
| Job class → High Novice | Trait points & trait stats |
| Base Level → 1 | Items and zeny |
| Job Level → 1 | — |
| Stats (STR/AGI/VIT/INT/DEX/LUK) → 1 | — |
| Skills (skill points refunded) | — |
Gear that High Novice can't wear is unequipped to your inventory — not lost, just needs re-equipping once you're back in your old job.
Your stats reset to 1 and are re-earned as you re-level — points are not refunded, you rebuild them on the climb. Your trait points, trait stats, gear and zeny are untouched.
You stay on your job line. Reach Job Level 10 as a High Novice — quick, with your existing gear and trait stats once you re-equip — and any Job Master reclasses you back into your own line, and only your own line:
- Swordman, Mage, Archer, Acolyte, Merchant, Thief lines — back to the Trans 1st class (e.g. an Assassin Cross becomes a High Thief), then at Job Level 40 to your Trans 2nd class (Assassin Cross again).
- Taekwon / Star Gladiator / Soul Linker, Gunslinger, Ninja, Super Novice and Baby classes — they have no Trans version, so you go straight back to your class.
You can't switch to a different line after ascending. You also need a job line to ascend at all: a Novice has to choose a job first.
The rewards (permanent, every Prestige)
- 🌟 A new aura — a switchable visual effect. Earn one per Prestige and swap between any you've unlocked at the Job Master (Prestige option).
- 🏆 A new title — the Ascendant I–V titles ([Demi], [Halo], [Myth] and so on), worn under your name. They unlock the moment you ascend: press ALT+Q, open the Title tab and pick the new one. The Job Master reminds you when you ascend.
- ➕ Bonus Trait Points — +10 Trait Points the moment you ascend, and
the same
Prestige × 10bonus is granted again at every monthly Trait Stats reset. A Prestige 5 character starts each month with +50 Trait Points on top of the loyalty bonus. (The trait stat cap is still 110 — Prestige helps you fill it faster, season after season.)
The cost: a re-climb that gets harder
Each Prestige adds a monster Base-EXP penalty that stacks:
| Prestige | Base-EXP penalty |
|---|---|
| 1 | -10% |
| 2 | -20% |
| 3 | -30% |
| 4 | -40% |
| 5 | -50% (cap) |
- The penalty applies only to monster Base EXP. Job EXP and quest EXP are never penalized.
- It is the main thing that makes the re-climb harder. Your gear, job and trait points carry over (only your level-based stats reset), so a higher Prestige is an endurance grind, not a wall.
Tips
- Prestige is optional — it's a flex for players who've "finished" the game.
- You'll briefly be a High Novice after ascending — reach Job Level 10 and visit any Job Master to reclass back into your own job line. Your trait points, trait stats, gear, and zeny all survive the rebirth.
- Your +10 bonus is permanent: every monthly Trait Stats reset starts you with Prestige × 10 bonus Trait Points.
- Your Prestige auras join your aura collection for good — wear any of them at the Job Master (Prestige option) or the Aura Keeper in the Mall.